Directed and produced by
Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn
Cinematography
Margo Peegel, Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn
With support from
Filmcentrum Syd, Swedish Arts Council, Arts Council Norway,
Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation
Logline
If our starting point was the bag and not the knife, the world would look like this.
Synopsis
From the barren coastline of Finnmark to the deep forests of Finland, The Mother Age searches for clues to shed light on an ancient theory reaching back to the dawn of humanity. The filmmaker wants to challenge the idea that the knife was the first tool made by man, and embarks on a journey to find traces of the carrying bag. She seeks out people who can lead her back in time, in the hope of finding lost knowledge in soil and folklore that could turn history upside down. When she meets a woman in the middle of the Finnish forest, glimpses of a magical universe appear. That not only reveals a living fragment of a distant past, but a fundamental part of our own present.
